Satellite Office Careers

Description

• The development and ownership of financial and internal controls of the group, policies and procedures, perform all finance / accounting services required.
• Responsibility for statutory, financial, tax and management reporting.  Ensure the Senior Management Team has the correct and adequate financial information with which to make informed decisions. This includes ensuring accurate and timely financial information is prepared in line with relevant Accounting Standards, regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Manage the budgeting and financial planning process and ongoing monitoring.
• Assistance in business performance measurement and commercial decision making, implementing improvements in the business and development initiatives, assisting with problem solving (i.e., identify issues and present solutions / ideas to resolve).
• Provides valuable commercial insights across all commercial areas of the business, including with client contractual negotiations, support for commercial decision making and pricing analysis.

• Oversight of the highly detailed, monthly invoicing process, across all clients.
• Ensuring that each client invoice is prepared in accordance with the agreed terms for each client.
• Liaising with clients, both in written form and verbally, dealing with any invoice related queries.

• Conduct regular review of client accounts across the Group and ensure credit risk is being managed, including management of adequate security deposit, debtors ledger management and appropriate procedures are being followed.  

• Provide value-add reporting and analytics to all areas / departments of the business to assist with assessing performance of business against KPIs, as well as and assisting with making continued improvements throughout the business.
• Oversight of the monthly management accounts by 15^th Calendar day of each month, ensuring all account reconciliations have been completed and reviewed.
• Oversight and assistance with the management and preparation of required regular reports of the P&L, cash position, debtors/creditors, revenue/gross margin analysis, balance sheet and capital expenditure including the preparation of related management information material.
• Ensure reporting and activities comply with the SEC, relevant acts, legal demands and professional and ethical standards, including accounting and taxation.
• Ensure that all PEZA reportorial requirements are completed accurately and on time.
• Oversight of half year and year end accounts and back up documentation for external audit and management of year-end audit.       

• Supervise maintenance of the company chart of accounts, assign new classifications and cost codes as necessary and ensure correct and accurate accounting classification of all expenditure documents.

• Supervise and manage the month end account reconciliations as well as all month end journal entries for:
• Sales and Direct Costs of Sales, including ensuring these are recorded in the correct period
• accruals, prepaids, depreciation, amortization, reversals and various splits
• Develop, implement and maintain ongoing pre and post disbursement expense controls to ensure that all disbursements are managed and accounted for.
• Liaise with the organisation’s external service providers such as banking providers, insurers, auditors and lawyers as required.
• Be responsible for managing the maintenance of the fixed asset register in accordance with the appropriate accounting policies.
• Undertake other tasks and projects as requested by the Country Manager or CEO.

• Responsibility for ensuring compliance with the various pieces of tax legislation and tax / compliance related matters that affect the Group, both in Australian and the Philippines.  Some external assistance will be provided, however ultimate responsibility for:

• SEC, BIR reporting and filings
• Manage the compliance and reporting with all PEZA related obligations
• GIT or Regular Corporate Tax
• Transfer pricing matters and tax residency (Both Philippines and Australia)
• Withholding Tax
• Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) and Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)
• HMO related compliance and management      

• Corporate and income tax legislation
• Transfer pricing matters and tax residency (Both Philippines and Australia)
• Group tax and Payroll tax
• GST / BAS returns
• Personal McRitchie Group tax structure and tax assistance, where required

• Ownership of the Transfer Pricing approach and related issues.  This includes understanding the key issues and value drivers, providing options based on the specific circumstances to Satellite Office, ownership of all key documentation and compliance together with management of any related advisers.
• Responsibility for overseeing the preparation in reviewing and submitting all tax and compliance related returns, in relation to the above   

• Manage the preparation of the Annual Budget involving;
• Preparation in consultation Senior Management; and
• Consolidate and delivery of final Budget with presentation.
• Maintain regular review of income and expenditure to ensure cash flow is adequate to meet future business needs.
• Regularly review key service contracts (especially for telecommunications, Internet, IT software providers, HMO etc) to identify potential cost savings, or making improvements to the business.
• Interpret operating results as they affect the financial position of the company and make recommendations for making improvements to the business, or for cost reductions.
• Follow up with key personnel reasons for variances to budget and ensure appropriate measures are adopted to resolve variances.
• Ensure detailed and timely budgets are prepared, monitored and analysed to facilitate rapid management responses.
• Implementation and continued monitoring of foreign exchange risk management.
• Regular monitoring and review of the Group’s various bank accounts to ensure appropriate cash flow management and the most efficient use of funds is achieved.

• Ensure internal controls throughout the business are satisfactory to safeguard the Group’s assets, especially in relation to the group’s bank accounts and cash management.
• Assist in continual monitoring, reviewing and implementing control procedures over the financial systems.  Ensure the systems are functioning correctly from a financial perspective and that corrective steps are implemented as appropriate.
• Ensure major operating and capital expenditure requests comply with budgets and approval systems and are subjected to appropriate financial analysis.
• Provide assistance with an analysis of business risk areas in which insurance is required.
• Monitor the groups accounting policies in accordance with accepted accounting principles.

• Assist in non-routine, special or sensitive project / business analysis as required to support effective decision making by management.

• Install and develop a culture of continuous improvement within the Finance Team.
• Provide adequate supervision of accounts staff and ensure that finance/accounts team perform as directed in a timely efficient manner.
• Communicate clearly and directly with employees concerning performance expectations, productivity and accountability.

PERSONAL SKILLS & QUALITIES  

• Strong business and commercial acumen with strong negotiating skills.
• Strong communication skills, written and oral, with experience in making presentations or delivery of a professional service. Highly professional at all times
• Proven experience in leading a team
• Strong quantitative analysis skills with high abstract reasoning ability. Precise, accurate, attention to detail a must
• Excellent interpersonal skills with executive level customers and partners
• Results oriented, self-motivated, excellent management / organisational skills
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Advanced EXCEL, Strong WORD and POWERPOINT skills

• 12+ years’ experience in accounting, finance and commercial
• 3+ years’ experience as a SR. COMPTROLLER
• Certified Public Accountant Qualified or Chartered Accountant
• Experience in business process outsourcing or B2B technology or services is required
• Effective negotiator with third-party vendors and able to deliver targeted business or contract terms with favourable outcomes
• High level of proficiency and ownership of financial and budgetary preparation, tax preparation and compliance
• Australian experience is desired but not essential
• Knowledge and experience in PEZA and different government policies and compliance is a must